Senior Program Associate, St Paul

The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) envisions a nation where marginalized children flourish, leaders prioritize their well-being and communities wield the power to ensure they thrive. The Children’s Defense Fund builds community so young people grow up with dignity, hope, and joy. We serve and advocate for the largest, most diverse generation in America: the 74 million children and youth under the age of 18 and 30 million young adults under the age of 25, with particular attention to those living in poverty and communities of color.

CDF partners with policymakers, aligned organizations and funders in this service. The Children’s Defense Fund is the only national, multi-issue advocacy organization working at the intersection of child well-being and racial justice by wielding the moral authority of programmatic proximity and community organizing to inform public policy. For more information visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org

The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) envisions a nation where marginalized children flourish, leaders prioritize their well-being and communities wield the power to ensure they thrive. The Children’s Defense Fund builds community so young people grow up with dignity, hope, and joy. We serve and advocate for the largest, most diverse generation in America: the 74 million children and youth under the age of 18 and 30 million young adults under the age of 25, with particular attention to those living in poverty and communities of color.

CDF partners with policymakers, aligned organizations and funders in this service. The Children’s Defense Fund is the only national, multi-issue advocacy organization working at the intersection of child well-being and racial justice by wielding the moral authority of programmatic proximity and community organizing to inform public policy. For more information visit .org

The primary responsibility of this position is supporting the evaluation, data, and reporting role of CDF’s youth programs in Minnesota. The Senior Policy Associate supports the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21

CCLC), and all supporting youth development initiatives in Minnesota to ensure program quality and fidelity and successful implementation and coordination. The Senior Program Associate will create and accurately maintain all necessary data systems. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record of working directly with youth from diverse populations, program support, and data reporting and evaluation. own the systems that measure whether young people are thriving, keep data accurate and audit ready, and ensure required reporting meets all standards and deadlines.

• Lead evaluation across three federally funded 21st Century Community Learning Center sites, from design through analysis to reporting.
• Own the evaluation calendar, including pre and post surveys for students, parents, and teachers, the annual Youth Program Quality Assessment, and attendance and demographic reporting.
• Build and maintain the data tools, workbooks, and tracking systems that keep evaluation accurate, consistent, and on time.
• Turn raw data into clear findings program staff can act on and lead the annual program data dive.
• Safeguard data quality and integrity across sites, catching gaps and errors before they reach a report.
• Facilitate weekly Youth Participatory Evaluation groups, putting analysis in the hands of young people themselves.
• Coordinate staff professional development on evaluation, raising data literacy across the team.

• Compile and submit required annual reports accurately and on schedule to the Minnesota Department of…